Dictionary definition · conclusion
noun
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration"a decision unfavorable to the opposition"
- an intuitive assumption"jump to a conclusion"
- the temporal end; the concluding time"the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"
- event whose occurrence ends something"his death marked the ending of an era"
- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
- the act of ending something"the termination of the agreement"
- a final settlement"the conclusion of a business deal"
- the last section of a communication"in conclusion I want to say …"
- the act of making up your mind about something"the burden of decision was his"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).